Sovereign debt and private creditors: New legal sanction or the enduring power of states?

New Political Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-555

  Thompson, Helen ^a   Runciman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;

EID: 33845526826     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460600990855     Document Type: Article

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